capital was being targeted by ballistic missiles. Russia has targeted Ukraine with near-daily strikes since the launch of its full-scale invasion in February 2022, the bloodiest conflict in Europe since the Second World War. AFP journalists heard explosions in the city and saw flashes in the sky. "As of now, the number of wounded in the overnight attack has risen to two," head of the local military administration, Tymur Tkachenko said in a post on Telegram. Several fires broke out in the Darnytsky district as a result of the attack, Tkachenko said earlier.

"There is a fire near a residential building, at another address a vehicle service station is on fire. A non-residential building is also on fire," he said. It is unclear if they have been extinguished.  Russian strikes a day earlier in Dnipropetrovsk in central-eastern Ukraine and the northern Sumy region killed two people. The attack also comes after Ukraine launched attacks on Volgograd and Belgorod in Russia's southwest, and Horlivka, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, which is controlled by Moscow. Three people were killed in the attacks, regional authorities said. Ukraine has also stepped up its strikes in recent months, which it describes as retaliatory, against Russia and the territories occupied by Moscow. (Bssnews)